The seventh-ranked Gophers softball team split a pair of games in Seattle on Sunday, shutting out South Dakota 8-0 in five innings before falling 9-0 to No. 8 Washington in five innings.
In the opener, Carlie Brandt allowed one hit in five innings in her first collegiate start. Sydney Dwyer and Sara Groenewegen each hit home runs for the Gophers (21-2) in a game that lasted 1 hour, 12 minutes.
Washington (21-3) used homers in the first and second innings by Ali Aguilar and Julie DePonte to take a 5-0 lead. Taran Alvelo pitched a three-hitter.
U baseball team falls
The Gophers baseball team lost 12-3 to Missouri State in the finale of a three-game series at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Toby Anderson took the loss, allowing eight runs and seven hits over 3 ⅔ innings. Troy Traxler went 2-for-3 for Minnesota (9-6).
D-II track roundup
Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota State Mankato were the top two state teams in the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships this past weekend in Birmingham, Ala., finishing tied for 15th with 16 points and 18th with 15.5, respectively.
Emilee Trost of UMD was second in the mile (4 minutes, 40.96 seconds) and anchored the second-place distance medley relay (11:16.90).
For the Mavericks, Altoniece Williams won the 60-meter hurdles (8.37) and Khadiya Hollingsworth tied for third in the high jump (5 feet, 8 inches).